Kingdom of Bohemia under Austro-Hungarian Rule             
1900..............................1905..............................1910

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Secession                                                              

Buildings

"These well-preserved Secession buildings"

Grand Hotel Evropa and Hotel Meran; Bendelmayer, Letzl, Hypsman, Dryak

"an exuberant and unusual Secessionist building"

Obecni Dum, Antonin Balsanek and Osvald Polivka

"a subtle and soft Secession composition"

Peterka Department Store, Jan Kotera

"this late Secession creation was loosely based on the Gare du Nord in Paris"

Prague Main Railway Station, Josef Fanta

Secessionist Architects

Introduction

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                                                          Cubism   
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
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              Czech Modernism
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